A/N: Well I warned you, prepare for a very random pairing and a WHOLE bunch of fluff in this chapter! Hope you enjoy it :)

Wow, two updates in three days, I'm proud…of myself…lol

Edited December 2010

Gaara watched closely as a shaking Kankuro took the cup of coffee he was offering him. Kankuro took a long sip and then looked up at Gaara with troubled eyes.

"So what is this all about Kankuro" Gaara asked rather sharply, Kankuro flinched and opened his mouth speak but instead took another sip of his coffee.

"Kankuro!"

"Alright, alright…I just don't know how to tell you this, it sounds so wrong when I say it out loud…"

"How bout you start at the beginning and we go from there?" Gaara asked, softening his words a little.

"Ok…remember a couple of months back I had a mission in Konoha?" Gaara nodded at his brother. "Well I got into a really bad fight with a couple of Missing Nin just outside the village and I was too weak to get myself help so I was kinda just lying under a tree bleeding when one of the Konoha ANBU found me…he…" Kankuro stopped

"Go on 'kuro" Gaara said softly. He hated using his brother's nickname but he knew that it would help calm him down.

"Well, while he was patching me up I must have passed out from blood loss or something because the next thing I remember I woke up in a room I didn't recognise…"

-Flashback-

Kankuro woke up with a splitting headache, he tried to open an eye but it seemed like they had been welded shut and his throat felt extremely dry. He stuck his hand to reach for the glass of water he always kept next to his bed but instead of finding a table his hand hit into a solid wall. 'Strange, my bed isn't against a wall…shit' He quickly wrenched his eyes opened and tried to sit up but he immediately felt two hands pushing him softly backwards.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," a deep, unfamiliar voice said.

"Wha…where am I?" Kankuro asked. He was trying to gather his thoughts but the headache was making that impossible. He looked up to try and catch a glimpse of the person in front of him but all he could see was long black hair falling in front of pale skin.

"You're in Konoha, you're safe, now go back to sleep…" the voice said soothingly. Then hands left his shoulders and began running through his hair, where they softly stroked until he fell fast asleep.

-End of Flashback-

"I woke up about 3 days later in the hospital in Konoha. They told me what had happened and that one of their ANBU had brought me in but, for obvious reasons, they wouldn't tell me who it was." Kankuro said, taking another sip of his coffee and putting the now empty mug on the counter.

"I couldn't get that voice out of my head. Even after I came back here I thought about it all the time. I felt really bad that I never got to thank the guy for looking after me. But there was also something else though, I couldn't help but feel that nobody has ever cared for me like that before, not even mom or dad or…Lee." Kankuro said. He had a look on his face that told Gaara that he felt terrible about what he just said.

"Kankuro I…" Gaara tried to speak but Kankuro cut him off.

"Please let me finish Gaara, I need to tell somebody all of this. I need to know if I'm making a terrible mistake…"

"Its ok Kankuro, go ahead" Gaara said

"When I was on my way to that mission in The Hidden Mist three weeks ago I found out that it was actually a collaborative mission with Konoha. I really wasn't looking forward to working with those Leaf idiots until I found out who I was working with."

"Well, spit it out, who was it?" Gaara asked, becoming a little inquisitive.

"You've met Sasuke Uchiha right?" Gaara nodded and then frowned. If that is what had gotten Kankuro so excited then Gaara would have to hit him, Sasuke wasn't all that impressive.

"Well I got to work with his brother…"

"You mean…you got to meet Itachi Uchiha!" Gaara's inner fangirl squealed in delight.

"Yea, that was my first reaction too, until I heard him speak. It was the same voice Gaara, the same person who patched me up and stayed with me until I fell asleep." Kankuro said, looking intently at his hands, which were both, curled into fists "I can't help myself Gaara, he's just…I think I love him…"

"Kankuro, you cant be serious. Did you even say anything to him about it?" Gaara asked sceptically

"You see Gaara the thing is I didn't have to, he took care of everything, he just knew. I know that this must all sound really ridiculous but I feel like, I don't know…I feel like he knows exactly what I need, even better than I do."

"Kankuro…" Gaara sighed and looked at his brother. He understood exactly what Kankuro was feeling. He understood it all to well…

-Flashback-

Gaara had been staying at his brother's home for a little over a week now. It was nice to get away from all the stress of being Kazekage for a little while, especially since he wasn't feeling too well.

He hadn't bothered to tell Kankuro that he was feeling sick because he didn't want to ruin his vacation, it wasn't until he woke up on the floor with Lee bending over him, that he realised it had probably been a bad idea.

"Geez Gaara, your fever's through the roof, what were you thinking not telling us that you were sick!" Lee said in his best mother hen voice.

"Don't worry Lee-san, I'm alright."

"Gaara, I know you're not really happy about it but we are family now, so you can call me Lee…"

"Ok, um Lee, don't worry about me I'm fine" Gaara said, trying to stand up, but halfway there his legs failed him and before he knew what had happened Lee had caught him and was carrying him to his bedroom.

"Um Lee-san…I mean Lee, what are you doing?"

"I'm taking you to bed before you hurt yourself." Lee said, walking into Gaara's room and carefully placing him on the bed. "Honestly Gaara, you're a grown man, how could you let yourself get this sick?"

Gaara stared at Lee for a few seconds in complete shock, why was this man so worried about him?

"Really Lee I'm ok, you don't have to do this…"

"I'm not doing this because I have to Gaara, I'm doing it because I want to. You're Kankuro's brother and that's makes you a part of my family, family always looks out for each other…"

Gaara was starting to feel faint again so he barely heard what Lee was saying. The fever was making his head ache badly and he fought hard to keep his eyes open. Then he felt a cool hand on his forehead and a soft voice say "Its alright, go to sleep."

-End of flashback-

A/N: For my purposes Itachi is not evil and is just a normal Konoha Shinobi…but I'm sure you kinda figured that out right…Well I hope that this chapter didn't confuse anybody, what with the flashbacks and all. I'm really starting to get into this story now, Woohoo!

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